About NCRI

Partnerships

NCRI develops and maintains partnerships with a wide variety of organizations and researchers to fill gaps in scientific knowledge of coral reefs as they relate to issues of assessment, monitoring, and restoration. The Institute leverages funding for projects by working with local, regional, national, and international organizations on common concerns. NCRI particularly emphasizes collaboration with management authorities to ensure the optimal transfer and application of knowledge obtained through its research programs. Below is a partial listing of NCRI's valued partners.

Local and Regional Partners and Collaborators

Biscayne National Park

Broward County Environmental Protection Department

College of Charleston

Florida Atlantic University

State of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

State of Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Florida Institute of Oceanography

Florida Institute of Technology

Florida International University

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Florida Sea Grant

Georgia Institute of Technology

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution

Kansas Geological Survey

Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management

Ocean Watch Foundation

Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management

Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative

South Florida Water Management District

Smithsonian Marine Station

St. John's River Water Management District

State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection

University of Boston

University of Central Florida

University of Florida

University of Georgia

University of Kansas

University of Miami RSMAS

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

University of South Florida

U.S. Partners and Collaborators

Other States and Territories:

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Environmental Protection

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Roatan Institute of Marine Science

U.S. Virgin Islands

Federal Agencies and National Organizations:

National Science Foundation

National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research

U.S. Department of Commerce's NOAA:

Coastal Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Science

Office of Response and Restoration (ORR)/Coral Reef Conservation Program

Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research

Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment/Biogeography Program

Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

National Oceanographic Data Center

National Marine Fisheries Service

U.S. Coral Reef Task Force

U.S. Department of Defense:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Navy

U.S. Department of Interior:

National Park Service

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

International Partners and Collaborators

Bahamas Department of Fisheries

Bermuda Biological Station for Research

Federated States of Micronesia

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources/World Conservation Union

Karl-Franzens University of Graz

National Polytechnical Institute of Mexico

Petroleum Institute of the University of the United Arab Emirates

Qatar Supreme Council for the Environment and Natural Reserves

South Africa

The Nature Conservancy

United Arab Emirates Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency

NSU Oceanographic Center Supporting Institutes:

The Mission of the Oceanographic Center is to carry out innovative, basic and applied research and to provide high-quality graduate and undergraduate education in a broad range of marine science and related disciplines.